Sydney will burst into the new year with a tropical display of pyrotechnical wizardry.
This year's New Year's Eve spectacle, themed "Inspire", will cost $7.2 million, with $750,000 going on seven tonnes of fireworks.
Twelve launch computers will be used to fire more than 15,000 cues on harbour barges, buildings, the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
"This year we've focused on making the displays as colourful as possible - you'll see a lot of metallics, as well as bright reds, greens, blues and purples," said fireworks director Fortunato Foti, who has been involved in the event since 2000.
There will be more than 11,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and 100,000 individual effects whizzing into the sky.
New formations include gold and silver palm trees with "shimmering centres and multi-coloured ends", said Foti.
In addition to the standard 9pm family fireworks and the midnight spectacular, there will also be a third mini-fireworks display at 10.40pm, dubbed the Inspire moment.
About 1.6 million people are expected to flock to Sydney Harbour to view the spectacle on Wednesday night.
Despite the heightened security warnings of late, Foti said this hadn't affected the event's build-up.
"It's business as usual," he said.
NSW Police will release their security plan on Tuesday.
NYE FIRECRACKER STATS
* The NYE fireworks are expected to draw 1.6 million people to the harbour.
* There will be 11,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and 100,000 pyrotechnic effects in the fireworks.
* 12 computers will manage the fireworks display and sync music in time with the show.
* More than 60km of wires and cables link the launch computers.
* Fireworks will be launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, barges and buildings with 130 firing points on the coathanger alone.
* 9pm family fireworks will be launched from four harbour barges.
* Midnight fireworks will be launched from seven barges, jet-skis, the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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